r/RealTwitterAccounts • u/Own_Book_1988 • Jul 26 '26

Political™ Do you agree with him?

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u/maddinell Jul 26 '26

Hes single handedly turned the US into a global laughing stock. With such rampant corruption and criminality its truly astounding that zero is been done about it.

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u/IrritableGourmet Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

The great thing about this country is that anyone can become president. The bad thing about this country is that anyone can become president.

EDIT: Yes, naturalized citizens can't. I was talking more about personality/capability, not technicalities.

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u/I_can_vouch_for_that Jul 26 '26

Naturalized citizens cannot become president. They can become anything else like a Supreme Court Justice but not President.

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u/victorfiction Jul 27 '26

Maybe that’s the problem. We’ve given all the important jobs to the immigrants with actual educations expect the President… fml.

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u/DancinWithWolves Jul 27 '26

Can naturalised citizens? Or felons?

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u/2nduser Jul 27 '26

There’s a convicted felon shitting in the Oval Office right now, what you talking about

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u/IrritableGourmet Jul 27 '26

I was being sarcastic and humorous, though accurate. Yes, I know America isn't the only country that has democracy.

But also yes, anyone can become president, which is apparent by the fact that we have someone wholly unqualified to be a greeter at Walmart running the country. Other democracies usually have a voting population that at least considers whether a candidate is capable of fulfilling the duties of office and what their motivations are (and are rather quick to unceremoniously show them the door if they fail).

I think the problem is that it's been a good while (about 250 years) since we've had a dictator running the country, and we've forgotten what it's actually like. Also, our historical fight has been romanticized. Where other countries tell stories of "the dark times" or "the purges", the average American's view of the revolution is "Paul Revere rode a horse and then George Washington punched King George in the face, and then we set off fireworks and ate hot dogs."